Editorial introductions.

Abstract

Current Opinion in Pediatrics was launched in 1989. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The field of pediatrics is divided into 18 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. In addition to this, Henry H. Bernstein also invites a prominent authority in the field of Office Pediatrics to write on the subject for each issue. Here we are pleased to introduce the Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Jean E. KligJean E. KligJean E. Klig, MD is the Director for Undergraduate Education in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital, USA and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School, USA. She earned her medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA in 1988, and completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston, USA. Following residency, she completed her fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children's Hospital Oakland, USA. Dr Klig then joined the Department of Pediatrics at Yale University School of Medicine, USA, as faculty in the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven from its opening in 1993 until 2004. During this time, she contributed to the development of a pediatric emergency medicine clinical service and held an array of roles in medical education, including early simulation-based teaching, at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr Klig returned to Boston and continued her work in medical education focusing on clinical skills development and simulation-based teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She joined the Harvard-Macy International educator course faculty in 2008, where she continues to serve on the strategic planning committee, lead the microteaching program, and co-lead the faculty development team. Dr Klig served as the Associate Chief of Pediatric Emergency Services (2008–2018), followed by expansion of her role in undergraduate education at Harvard Medical School, where she now serves as senior Core Clinical Skills Assessment Faculty and lead faculty for the Harvard Medical School Course Directors Leadership Institute. On a national level, Dr Klig recently co-chaired the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Education Research and Scholarship Consensus session and report for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. Dr Klig lectures nationally and internationally on pediatric emergency medicine and medical education. Clifford W. BogueClifford W. BogueClifford W. Bogue, MD, a pediatric critical care specialist, is the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, USA, where he has been on the faculty since 1993. In 2014, he was also named the inaugural Chief Medical Officer of Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, where he provides strategic and operational leadership for the Children's Hospital's clinical delivery systems. Dr Bogue was named Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics in August 2017. Dr Bogue received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Virginia (UVA), USA. He was a resident and chief resident in pediatrics at Vanderbilt University, USA, before completing a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Yale. During his career at Yale, Dr Bogue has held a number of medical school and hospital leadership positions, including Director of Pediatric Critical Care Transport, Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Chief of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Associate Chairman for Strategic Planning. From 2010–2012, he served as Interim Chairman of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief of Yale New Haven Children's Hospital and from 2012–2015, he served as Vice Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. He served as Interim Chairman of Pediatrics from 2015–2017. Dr Bogue has been actively involved in training students, residents and fellows and is committed to the development of pediatric physician-scientists. He was director of Bedside to Bench: Seminars in Pediatrics, a course for first-year medical students for over ten years, served on the MD/PhD Faculty Committee, and was PI for an NIH T32 training program in cardiopulmonary development for 10 years. He most recently served as training director for the Yale Child Health Research Center, a K12 program funded by the NICHD that had 25 years of consecutive funding. He has served on several NIH peer review panels and is currently a member of the Child Health Research Scientific Review Committee of the Charles H. Hood Foundation. He previously served as Co-Chair of the American Heart Association Genetics/Epigenetics peer review committee. In 2014, Dr Bogue was the Chair of the Planning Committee for Pediatric Clinical Trials Network Stakeholders’ Forum, a forum convened by the American Academy of Pediatrics to initiate the process of developing a global pediatric clinical trials network. He currently serves on two NIH Advisory Committees of the NIH focused on the inclusion of children in research and in the Precision Medicine Program Initiative All of Us. Dr Bogue's academic career at Yale also included establishing and directing an NIH-funded research program in the developmental biology of the lung, liver and cardiovascular system for over 20 years. During that time, his laboratory made important contributions to the genetic pathways involved in embryonic organ development, including the identification of genetic pathways critical to the formation of the liver and biliary system, as well as the cardiovascular system. Dr Bogue has served on a number of national and international boards in academic pediatrics including the Council of the Society for Pediatric Research, the Federation of Pediatric Organizations’ Child Health Research and Training Workgroup, and the Program Committee of the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting, where he served as Chair from 2015–2017. He is currently a Trustee and President of the International Pediatric Research Foundation (which is responsible for publishing the journal Pediatric Research), Secretary-Treasurer elect of the American Pediatric Society Pediatric Academic Societies’ Program Committee, Chair of the AAP Committee on Pediatric Research, and Section Editor for Current Opinion in Pediatrics. Henry H. BernsteinHenry H. BernsteinDr Bernstein is a Professor of Pediatrics at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York, USA. He taps into his extensive 36–year experience as a general pediatrician in private practice, the National Health Service Corps, and as Chief of General Academic Pediatrics at urban, suburban, and rural children's hospitals to promote the health and well-being of children, their families, and their communities. His private, community-based primary care (generalist) experiences in combination with academic leadership responsibilities have provided him with a value-added, translational science perspective, unique from many others in academia. This tacit knowledge enables him to fulfil a lifelong passion of communicating, educating, and translating science into clinical settings, educational venues, policy-making, and media interactions to advance the health of children. Research is consistently woven into the fabric of Dr Bernstein's clinical practice, which has served as a “laboratory” for his active studies. His research and quality improvement initiatives focus on issues important to Academic General Pediatrics and community-based practice, including immunizations, infectious diseases, postpartum newborn discharge, childhood obesity, breastfeeding, health promotion, preventive health screening in primary care, technology and medical education. His commitment, innovative spirit, and enthusiasm also encompass many facets of medical education along the continuum from training and mentoring future physicians to fostering lifelong learning and supporting the continuous professional development of practicing pediatricians. Dr Bernstein is Associate Editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Red Book Online (www.aapredbook.org) and a former voting member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP). He serves as a consultant on the ACIP COVID-19, Influenza, and Immunization Schedules for Adults and Children workgroups. He also is an ex-officio member of the AAP's Committee on Infectious Diseases (Red Book Committee). In addition, he is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of PediaLink (www.pedialink.aap.org), the AAP's online home for lifelong learning, and Chair of the interdisciplinary Bright Futures Health Promotion Workgroup, which created a distinctive health promotion curriculum, videos, and a companion educational website (www.pediatricsinpractice.org). Dr Bernstein has been Editor of the Office Pediatrics Series in Current Opinion in Pediatrics since 1995 and was Senior Editor of Pediatrics on the public website of Harvard Medical School's Health Publications Division for 17 years. He regularly shares his knowledge and expertise by educating the public, writing for health information websites and often participating in media interviews on a variety of pediatric health care issues including immunizations, diagnosis and treatment of common childhood infectious diseases and conditions, and practical information for parents, teachers and caregivers. In the spirit of lifelong learning, Dr Bernstein earned a masters in healthcare management (MHCM) at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, USA in 2013 and has been a faculty member in this Executive Education Masters degree program since. He actively maintains his certification by the American Board of Pediatrics. He completed his residency training in pediatrics at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, USA after earning his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Osteopathic Medicine, USA. Hank and his wife, Sophie, have been married for 41 years, are extremely proud of their 36-year-old daughter, Lauren, and 30-year-old son, David, and are “over the moon” with their first grandchild Eva.